Lies are an integral part of national security operations. They seek credibility for government policy. They mislead adversaries, cover up mistakes and failures. (By Gordon Adams, The Conversation) The Washington Post has, after more than ...
For a new growing Christian movement to oppose Donald Trump is to oppose God. (By Brad Christerson and Richard Flory, The Conversation) In a recent interview with Fox News, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry stated that ...
Was the ban a Muslim ban – or was that just an anti-Trump narrative? A political scientist combs through the data for answers. (By Vahid Niayesh, The Conversation) Did President Donald Trump’s travel ban – ...
There is evidence that Mexicans migrating to the U.S. today are significantly different than their counterparts making the move more than a decade ago. (Rogelio Sáenz, The Conversation) Once upon a time, not long ago, ...
Drawing on harsh experiences in their home countries, Central Americans immigrants in the U.S. have played key roles in organizing labor movements. (Elizabeth Oglesby, The Conversation) In the United States’ heated national debate about immigration, ...
“In the last school year for which my group had data, 2016 to 2017, the U.S. public schools no longer had a majority of any racial group.” (By Erica Frankenberg, The Conversation) Democratic presidential candidate ...
A group of academics surveyed Syrian refugees to understand their mental state and feelings about possibly immigrating to the West. (By Arie Kruglanski David Webber, Erica Molinario, and Katarzyna Jaśko, The Conversation) While today’s news is full ...
About 2% of public water systems across the country exceeded the federal limit on lead between 2014 and 2016 – but that could be underestimating the extent of the problem. (By Laura Pangallozzi, The Conversation) ...
Trump inherited an immigration system that already left millions of undocumented people with few rights and had militarized the southern border. (By Anthony W. Fontes, The Conversation) From the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban to ...
Recent examples abound of the U.S. government detaining citizens after falsely accusing them of breaking immigration laws. (By Cassandra Burke Robertson and Irina D. Manta, The Conversation) We are law professors who have studied civil ...
The Arabic term jihad literally means a “struggle” or “striving.” (By Mohammad Hassan Khalil, The Conversation) Often, many people conflate the terms jihad and terrorism. This is in part because many writers use the term ...
In a British-style system, the government fully owns, operates, and staffs all health care facilities. (By Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation) The role of government in the U.S. health care system has been contentious long before ...
As a religious ritual that goes back to the practice of the Prophet, Friday prayers hold a special place for Muslims. (By Rose S. Aslan, The Conversation) Following the terror attack on two New Zealand ...
(By Michael Addonizio, Wayne State University) When I was asked to support a federal lawsuit that says Detroit’s deteriorating schools were having a negative impact on students’ ability to learn, the decision was a no-brainer. Detroit’s schools ...
Regional diplomacy is much slower than foreign intervention. But it avoids further bloodshed and reduces the role of anti-Americanism in Venezuela’s crisis. (By Joseph J. Gonzalez, Appalachian State University, The Conversation) Violence erupted at the Venezuela-Colombia ...
A handful of studies offer compelling evidence that the stratospheric polar vortex is changing. (By Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University The Conversation) A record-breaking cold wave is sending literal shivers down the spines of millions of Americans. Temperatures across ...